#996ECA#996ECA

#996ECA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.141 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ECA
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 45.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 35.34, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 54.59, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.079 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.141 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3712, 22.1885, 58.6011)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ECA #9FCA6E

analogous

#6E71CA #996ECA #C76ECA

triadic

#996ECA #CA996E #6ECA99

tetradic

#996ECA #CA6E71 #9FCA6E #6ECAC7

square

#996ECA #CA6E71 #9FCA6E #6ECAC7

split-complementary

#996ECA #CAC76E #71CA6E

monochromatic

#5C338B #7A43B8 #996ECA #B99BDA #D8C8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#996ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#996ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ECA

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ECA	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5580CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.141 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998da',
    500: '#996eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996eca;
$custom-light: #b998da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 46.465,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61982,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ECA

secondary

#CBDBB9

accent

#BA2C77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ECA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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